Co-articulated consonant

Okay kiddo, so you know how when you talk, you move your mouth and tongue to make different sounds? Well, sometimes when we make certain sounds, our mouth and tongue have to work together in a special way. This is called co-articulation!

A consonant is a sound that we make by stopping or restricting the flow of air from our mouth. For example, when we say the letter "t", our tongue touches the roof of our mouth and stops the air for just a moment.

But sometimes, when we make a consonant sound, our mouth and tongue have to do more than just one thing! For example, when we say the word "strong", we make a "g" sound at the end, but before that, we make an "n" sound. The "n" and "g" sounds both use the back of our tongue in different ways, so our tongue has to move smoothly from one position to another. This is what we call a co-articulated consonant!

So basically, a co-articulated consonant is when we make a sound that combines two different consonant sounds, and our mouth and tongue have to work together to make it happen. Cool, huh?